Herbert von Karajan during the Fifties live performed several times Beethoven Symphonies the German conductor would have recorded in studio for EMI a little later. Many Karajan performances were made in various countries and thanks to the collectors these recordings were saved and now after seventy years they are still available. That's the case of these two Beethoven Symphonies conducted by Karajan the first one in New York in 1958 and the second in Tourin in 1954 and now re-presented on modern format after having carefully digitally remastered. This IDIS new release is an amazing testimony of Karajan work who gained always the best from any orchestra he conducted.